Dear Friends
I can’t help thinking about how I would have used the
two illustrations above if I had been preaching somewhere last Sunday. While the
Department of Homeland Security is describing the ICE operation in Maine as
“Catch of the Day”, Jesus said in yesterday’s gospel to Peter and Andrew,
“Follow me and I will make you fish for people”.
Describing immigration enforcement in Maine as “Catch
of the Day” is neither cute nor clever. It is demeaning and disgusting. Even
the “worst of the worst” (a phrase I also detest) are human beings. And as we
know, Trump’s wide net has been catching many who are the furthest from
this description.
The use of this phrase is just another example of
where this administration’s mean mind and heart is, and it flies in the face of
everything we proclaim in our baptismal covenant.
Were Christians who are all in for Trump and were aware of
the Maine slogan, feeling any discomfort if they were sitting in church
and hearing Sunday's gospel call?
John
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